. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. TYPICAL INSECTS 209 common locust, raspberry, white clover, alsike clo\er, bass- wood, sweet clo\'er, buckwheat, wild aster, and goldenrod. Bees range se\'eral miles in search of ilowers and use the pollen extensively for food especially for the brood. They keep it stored in cells. Bees also collect the gummy juice that exudes from some trees, such as the plum and cherr\-, This sub- stance is called propolis, and is used for cementing up the cracks of the hive. In the work of collect- ing pollen and nectar the bees perform a gre
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. TYPICAL INSECTS 209 common locust, raspberry, white clover, alsike clo\er, bass- wood, sweet clo\'er, buckwheat, wild aster, and goldenrod. Bees range se\'eral miles in search of ilowers and use the pollen extensively for food especially for the brood. They keep it stored in cells. Bees also collect the gummy juice that exudes from some trees, such as the plum and cherr\-, This sub- stance is called propolis, and is used for cementing up the cracks of the hive. In the work of collect- ing pollen and nectar the bees perform a great ser- \"ice to plants. They carry pollen from one flower to another, and thereby bring about what is called cross-pollination, which results in fertiliza- tion of the ovules and the formation of seed and fruit. An apiary in con- nection with an orchard is a very practical and profitable arrangement. In early summer when things are going well in the hive honey is abundant, the colony has increased to uncom- fortable size, and new cjueens are nearly rcad\' to emerge from their cells, the old cjueen leaves the hive, followed by a large part of the workers in search of a new home. Generally she first alights on the branch of a tree or shrub, and the. BrfHxi Climb Inside u Hornet's Xcst. (The capped cells ccnitniiL litr\:c.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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